Analyse The Internal Causes Of The Zhou Li Collapse

ZhouLi is a comprehensive method to defend the rule.It had gone to collapse from the mid – late Western Zhou Dynasty little by little.The study by scholars were external causes.Actually,the internal causes of the ZhouLi collapse were ZhouLi itself and the behavior by kings in mid – late Western Zhou Dynasty.The system of enfeoffment could not changed the old gens and social structures.It only got them allegiance to the emperor.This was aslo limited by the conditions of that time.Zhou Dynasty had a small population.So the system of enfeoffment could only let their hearts toward to the emperor; The society of Zhou Dynasty was in order from top to bottom under the patriarchal clan system.The old way was the principle by the people of Zhou Dynasty.This old way tied their actions of kings.With the development of history and the progress of civilization,the political civilization of the Western Zhou Dynasty gradually appeared to autocratic monarchy.Collective politics had gradually could not adapt to the development of the society.So ZhouLi itself went to die because of behinding the development of history.This is the main internal cause of the ZhouLi collapse.In the times of the kings by Zhao and Mu, the Western Zhou Dynasty was strong.They both attempted to use the expedition to control Jingchu and Quanrong directly.In th times of the king by Yi、Li、Xuan、You,they began to change.They suppressed the nobilities and fought with the feudatories for the mastery of land and population.These led to resistance by nobilities and led the You go to die.These actions of the emperor were to strengthen the power.But ZhouLi also went to collapse at the same time.this is another internal cause of the ZhouLi collapse.The kings of Zhou Dynasty became a nominal position because of the failing.The actions by the kings provided space and conditions of the birth of autocratic monarchy in the Qin Dynasty.